Gender Equality

Addressing Gender Inequality in Human Resources for Health, Newman C, IntraHealth International, Capacity Project, 2009

Legacy Series No. 4. Reviews how the Project addressed gender discrimination and inequality in HRH through its institutional mechanisms, approaches and tools as well as in country-level implementation. [396kb pdf] 

Conceptual and Practical Foundations of Gender and Human Resources for Health, Newman C. Capacity Project, 2009

Presents what the Capacity Project learned about various forms of gender discrimination and how they serve as barriers to health workforce participation, and offers global recommendations for future action through health workforce policy, planning, development and support. [353kb pdf]

Gender-Based Violence Training Modules: A Collection and Review of Existing Materials for Training Health Workers, Murphy C., Mahoney C., Ellsberg M. (PATH), and Newman C. Capacity Project, 2006

Addressing gender-based violence (GBV) successfully is an important step toward achieving Millennium Development Goals in the areas of gender equality, infant and maternal health and mortality and HIV/AIDS. [258kb pdf]

Gender Sensitivity Assessment Tool for FP/RH Curricula, Newman C., PRIME II, 2003

A tool designed to help program and training managers, curriculum designers and trainers facilitate the operationalization and assessment of gender sensitivity during pre- and in-service training of service providers. [578kb pdf] 

Gender Sensitivity Assessment Tool for RH Service Providers and Managers, Newman C., PRIME II, 2003

A tool designed to help program and training managers, curriculum designers and trainers facilitate the operationalization and assessment of gender sensitivity during pre- and in-service training of service providers. [601kb pdf] 

Integrating Gender in Human Resources for Health (HRH) Projects, Newman C., Houck F. (Futures Group), Kincaid M. (Futures Group), Neason E. (Futures Group), Avni M. (USAID), Capacity Project and POLICY Project, 2006.

Two training modules (Gender Analysis and Integration in Capacity Country Projects; Building Support for Gender Integration through Advocacy) for supporting gender equality in human resources for health, with handouts. [web page with pdfs]

Mothers' Support Groups in Ethiopia: A Peer Support Model to Address the Needs of Women Living with HIV, Viadro C., Stratton S. Asfaw YD, Shibru A, Capacity Project and Hareg Project, 2008.

A model developed by IntraHealth in Ethiopia to support HIV-positive mothers and help them avoid transmitting the virus to their infants. [224kb pdf]

Study on the Readiness of the Political, Legal, Health and Community Systems to Respond to Gender-Based Violence in Three Districts of the City of Kigali

(English) (French) [1,025kb pdf]

This study examines the ability of political, legal, health, and communities to respond to gender-based violence in Kigali, Rwanda.

Twubakane GBV/PMTCT Readiness Assessment Toolkit, IntraHealth International, Twubakane Project, 2008.

Eight tools and an overview on assessing the readiness of antenatal care and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV service centers to address gender-based violence issues. [web page with MS Word files]

Workplace Violence and Gender Discrimination in the Health Sector in Rwanda, Newman C, IntraHealth International, Capacity Project, 2009.

Gender Research Brief No. 1. Presents the research, summarizes results and lessons learned and describes how research was used to promote policy change and program response to workplace violence and discrimination. [170kb pdf]